Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26171, Isaac Doud, Continental Mass New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Doud, Isaac
W. 26171
Mass
or Daud,
New York
Ketchum, Eleanor
CONTENTS
Daniel
Former widow

Elisha Doud Apr 15 1856
11,810 Wisconsin!
Deceased Isaac Doud, of the State of who was a private in the Captain of the in the Revolution for 2 years,
Enrolled on the Roll of Milwaukee at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. Vending 30 th September 1838,
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of March 1856 and sent to
Elisha Doud, arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending St. Kosh Wisc.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by G. W. Girty Clerk. Vol. 1 Page 501.

12.204
Dead. see letters E.E.D. & 7. agt. Nov. 23 d 1835
Pennsylvania
Isaac Davis
in the state of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Shepherd of the Mass s line, for the term of 3 years
scribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of Mar 1818.
ertificate of Pension issued the 1 st of July 1818 and sent to Davis Dimeock Montrose, Suggukannah Co.
arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 80 25 semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept 1818
10 31
$128 25
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Penn a
continued
Verification sent to Charles Colten Esq. 4 April 1835 Suggukannah Penn a

DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA,
Susquehanna County, ss.
On this fourth  day day of May — 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Associate Judges for the said county, personally appears Isaac Daud aged sixty  years years, resident in Clifford Township in the said county, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That the said Isaac Daud enlisted in 1775
None Partners Township in the state of New York for six months in the company commanded by Captain Merrick  and about four months was sick & went home. he enlisted again in 1776 for one year in Captain Dals Comp. Colonel Shepards Regt. Major Roberts Troops & before the year was out he entered for three years in the same Comp. & Regiment.
that he continued to serve in the said corps, in the service of the United States until the year one seven hundred eighty — , when he was discharged from service in at the high Lands, he thinks in the state of New York in all about five years that he was in the battle of Trenton & Red Bank out of New York & taking prisoners was said to be for 14 dollars a man taken prisoner he was a prisoner with the Indians at Red Bank and at Brandywine and at Trag's Point
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
The applicant has been again before me and saith that he was sometimes called by his officers Dow but that he told them his right name was Daud but sometimes people would spell his name Dowd and he thinks it will appear perhaps so spelt on the rolls.
I, Davis Dinnock , Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Isaac Daud — did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary of the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
May 4 th — 1818.
Susquehanna County ss Personally appeared before me Davis Dinnock one of the associate judges in and for the County of aforesaid. Attest and being duly sworn and of a true deposition and further that he knows Isaac Daud an old soldier and knows that he is reduced circumstances and needs assistance from his country for his support — and further the deponent saith not — Sworn and subscribed before me this 24 th day of July 1818 ascertify my hand and seal Isaac Daud Asa Cobb Davis Dinnock

Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County
I, Izaac Hyde Jr. Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do certify that David Dimock Esquire is and was at the time of taking and signing the within certification one of the Associate Judges of the court of Common Pleas for the County of Schuylkill and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all his official acts and deeds as such and that his signature is of his own proper hand writing In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said court at Montour this third day of August A.D. 1818
Izaac Hyde Jr. Proth
I do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the above applicant is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for his support. David Dimock The applicant writes his name here to give you a sample Isaac Boyle

The name of the applicant, within does not appear sufficiently plain to be identified on the rolls of the judges. satisfied of the reduced circumstances his certificate to that effect should be annexed.
Admitted
Hasse Dand Cortele - Private Col Stephen Regt Massachusetts Line 1777-3 years

Isaac Davis Cook County - Pur at Col Stephens Regt Massachusetts Line 1777 - 3 years
The name of the applicant, within does not appear sufficient plan to be identified on the rolls but the judge is satisfied of the reduced circumstances his certificate to that effect should be annexed.
A. Smith

Isaac D'oual
12. 204
Sept 1829
C

District of Pennsylvania Ss.
On this fifth day of December 1820 personally appeared in open court viz. The Court of Common Pleas held at Montrose in the County of Susquehanna & State of Pennsylvania before the Hon. Davis Simock & William Thomson Judges thereof; Isaac Doud aged 64 years last July residing in the township of Lenox in the County aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows viz. That he enlisted at the Nine-partners in N.Y. state in the year 1775 for six months and served until sickness prevented him serving farther while he was at Lake Champlain — That he engaged afterwards in making Military Waggons for about three months — That he enlisted again in April 1776 for one year at Granville in Massachusetts, in Capt. Ball's company, in the regiment of Col. Shepard in the line of Massachusetts & served the year out — That before the year was out, at Peksikill in N.Y. state he enlisted again for three years in Capt. Ball's company & Col. Shepard's regiment & line of Mass. and served the time out — was discharged at the Highlands by Col. Shepard — That he was in the battles of White Plains, in the rear guard in the retreat out of New-York — of Frogg's Point — at the taking of the Hessians at Trenton at the battle of the 19 th of September 1777 against Burgoyne & was taken in a scout four days after by the Indians and retaken when Burgoyne was taken — since the battle of Rhode Island. That he has received his pension certificate numbered (12204.) in pursuance of his declaration dated the 4 th of May 1818.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled, "an act to provide for certain persons engaged

engaged in the land general service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me otherwise than is set forth in the schedule hereto annexed, and that I have no income other than is contained in said schedule by me subscribed.
Schedule Real estate - None -
1. Two year old calf - 1. Two year old heifer Valued at $101.29. 2 Sugar Kettles - One Cow - 1. yearling Steer - 1. Calf - 1 hog & 4 pigs - 5 sheep - 1 Barrel - about 100 sap-tubs - 6 Chairs - 6 iron Spoons - 2 pails - 1 frying pan - 1 Chest - 1 keg - 1. wash-kettle - 1 little spinningwheel - 1. large Do. - 1 pine Table - 3 stacks of hay - 3 bushels of wheat - 2 of corn - 2 of Buckwheat - 1 old hoe - 4 shovels - 1 old hand saw - Some small furniture of the kitchen of no amount of value -
Much of the above property cannot under long be my support - the hay will be consumed by the cattle &c.
Occupation.
I am a farmer of late years - was formerly a blacksmith I am unable to do much of my business in consequence of age, its infirmities & lameness consequent of the revolutionary war. My family, living with me, consists of myself, wife, & three children - My wife Ellen aged 60 years - has been ailing with the dropsy about 5 years; my oldest children twin - boy & girl - Boy Eben & Girl Betsey aged 18 years - 3 rd Child. Eunice aged 13 yrs we cannot live comfortably with the aid of the children.
Signed Isaac Doud

Spous to be declared in open court on the fifth day of December 1820 before me Jabez Hyde Jr Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said Susquehanna County.
I Jabez Hyde Jr Clerk of said Court do certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the record of said Court & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total value of the the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is $101. 29 / 100 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court on this fifth day of December Anno Domini 1820.
For
Jabez Hyde Jr
Clerk of the Court for the County of Susquehanna Balth. DeHaert

State of Wisconsin } Winnebago County } ss
on this thirteenth day of December A.D. 1855 personally appeared before the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the county of Winnebago Elihu Dane a resident of the county and state aforesaid aged fiftyfive years who being duly sworn according to law Oath on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed July the 15 th 1836 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain railroad 7 that he is the son of Grand and and as administrator for the estate of the children of Grand Dane deceased who was a private in the army of the revolution as will appear by his pension certificate No 12 204 and who died on the 29 th day of September 1824 and left a widow surviving him who also died on the thirty th day of September 1838 and he further declares that he well believes that they were married some time in the year 1782 and that they were not married prior to his leaving the services that the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794 and at the time above stated he further knows that Eleanor Mitchell late Eleanor Dane was a widow on the 17 th of July 1838 and remained a widow till she died and that she never made any application to his knowledge and belief for a pension
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Elihu Dane
Charles A. Waite Clerk of Circuit Court.

State of Wisconsin Winnebago County ss
On this 13 th day of December A.D. 1853 personally appeared before me Charles A. Hamilton Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for the County and State aforesaid.
4. Phoebe Burnside, a resident of the City of Oshkosh, County and State aforesaid, and 5. Diana Doud, a resident of the City of Oshkosh aforesaid,
who being solemnly first duly sworn, according to law, do each one for herself depose and say: that they are well acquainted with Elmer Doud, the person who signed the foregoing Affidavit and of their own knowledge know him to be the identical person who represents himself in the foregoing declaration to be
sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Phoebe Burnside Diana Doud.
Charles A. Hamilton Clerk of the Circuit Court.

State of Wisconsin Winnebago County ss 3
I, Charles A. Weisbrod, Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for the County of Winnebago, hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with Thidilla Burnside and Diana Doud, the witnesses, who signed the foregoing declaration, and know them as persons of truth and veracity.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at the Clerks Office in Oshkosh this 13 th day of December A.D. 1855
Charles A. Weisbrod, Clerk.

No 15,327. to Eleanor Pitelka, who has use of Isaac Land
Pa
Aug 7. 1838,

State of Pennsylvania } ss Susquehanna County } ss { 25 }
I Elisha P. Harnan a justice of the peace in and for the county of Susquehanna aforesaid do hereby certify that I have been many years acquainted with Philip Dried who signed the within affidavit and I am satisfied that the statements made by him in the within affidavit is true Given under my hand the 28 th day of April A.D. 1853. Elisha P. Harnan
State of Pennsylvania } ss Susquehanna County } ss
duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine.
I J. A. Ward Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the within named Elisha P. Harnan Esq; before whom the annexed affidavit appears to have been subscribed and sworn to was at the time of subscribing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Montrose the third day of May A.D. 1853.
J. A. Ward Prothonotary N. H. H. Robinson Deputy

State of Pennsylvania } Susquehanna County } ss
Be it known that before me Elisha P. Garmum a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Elisha Dana and made oath in due form of law that he is the son of the late Isaac Dana who was a revolutionary pensioner and is now dead and at his death left in his possession a certificate of pension number 12-204 dated 14 th July 1819 and the said pensioner resided in the County of Susquehanna and state of Pennsylvania til 1823 then removed to Crawford County in the state of Ohio and resided there with his son Elisha Dana til the twenty ninth day of September 1838 the day of his death and that he left a widow whose name was Eliza who survived him til in the summer of 1838 then removed with his son Elisha Dana to the County of Racine in the State of Wisconsin and died on the thirtyeth day of September 1838 and that the deceased pensioner and widow left surviving them their children namely Isaac Martha  John Sarah Deborah Esther Elisha Elizabeth and Ebenezer and one of the children namely Elizabeth Emigated some fifteen years since to the state of Missouri and is now in parts unknown and that he has written to ascertain her place of residence without success and that she has not been heard of for at least three years and that the deceased pensioner kept in his possession a family record and was kept by him til 1828 and then lost or unlawfully taken away and that he has used due diligence to obtain the same and that the family record did not contain any marriage but merely the names and ages of the children he also states that he has written to ascertain whether there was any record where they were married but could not learn as there was any and nearly believes there is none in existence he further states that his deceased father and mother had often stated to him they were married in the year 1782 and after the decease of the above named pensioner the above named widow was re married to one Daniel Melchum on or about the 15 th of October 1826 and that he died on or about the tenth day of February 1836 and that she remained a widow til the thirtyeth day of September in the year 1838 being the day of his death
Elisha Dana
Sworn to and subscribed the 28 th day of April A.D. 1853
before me Elisha P. Garmum [Seal] Justice of the peace

State of Pennsylvania } ss }
Susquehanna County }
On the eighteenth day of August (AD 1855) before me a justice of the peace in and for county and state aforesaid, personally appeared Elisha D. Farnam, who being Duly sworn in deposeth and saith, that he became personally acquainted with Isaac Doud and Eleanor his wife in the month of March (AD 1812) deponent further saith that he was at that time in the fifteenth year of his age that he was acquainted by reputation with said Isaac Doud and Eleanor his wife from his earliest recollection that deponent mother was sister to the aforesaid Eleanor that he has frequently heard his parents speak of Isaac Doud and Eleanor his wife prior to his personal acquaintance with them has heard his parents say they were married at Salem in one of the Eastern states that her maiden name was Eleanor Osbourn, after their marriage they removed to the town then Deer Park in the County of Orange State of New York after residing there a few years removed to the

Township of Wickelson county of Luzerne State of Pennsylvania in which neighborhood They lived until deponent became personally acquainted with them. The said Isaac Doud was a Blacksmith by trade. He was acquainted with them from March 1813 to June 1823 at which time they removed into the State of Ohio near Bucyrus between the year 1813 and 1823 deponent was the said Isaac Doud made application for and received a pension of ninety six dollars a year for services ren- =dered in the army of the United States in the Revolutionary War deponent was perso- =nally acquainted with their children whose names are as follows: Isaac John Maria Sally Deborah Esther Eliza Ebenezer Betsey and Annie. They had a daughter their eldest child who departed this life before deponent became personally acquainted with the family whose name was Eleanor as deponent has frequent- =ly been told by his parents and by some members of the aforesaid Isaac Doud family that the said Isaac Doud and Elea- =nor his wife has always been held in repute as husband and wife deponent believes

from a post that said Isaac Doud who was a petitioner died at his residence near Bucyrus in the State of Ohio in the fall of A.D. 1824. He said he had heard Isaac Doud one of the children of the aforesaid Isaac Doud and Eleanor his wife talk with his father in regard to their ages and conclude that Isaac Doud was eight years younger than his father which would make Isaac Doud about seventy two years of age and , deponent has heard of the death of three of the children namely Eleanor Isaac and Eunice. The widow and children all survive the said Isaac Doud for some years except Eleanor deponent further saith that his parents are both dead that his mother died twenty years ago last April his father died last March
Elisha P. Farnam
Sworn and subscribed to before Edward Evans Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County ss.
I, Sidney B. Wells Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Susquehanna do certify that Edward Dean Esquire whose genuine signature is set to the foregoing affidavit is and was on the Eighteenth day of August A.D. 1855 an acting Justice of the Peace duly Commissioned and qualified to take such affidavit according to Law, and further that his Official acts as such Justice are entitled to full Credit.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Milton this 23 rd day of August A.D. 1855.
Sidney B. Wells Prothonotary per J. T. Langdon Deputy

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
P. S.
Bureau of Pensions,
M.R.C.
Washington, D. C., March 26, 1895.
Miss:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Isaac Doud --- 726171 a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. 1775 4 mos. Pvt. Herrick Not stated. Mass. Apr. 1776 1 yr. Pvt. Ball Shepard Mass. 1777 3 yrs. Pvt. Ball Shepard Mass. He stated that he was in the battle at White Plains, the retreat from New York, Frog's Point, Trenton, and Stillwater; taken prisoner by the Indians four days after the battle of Stillwater but released when Burgoyne surrendered; also participated in the battle of Rhode Island.
Battles engaged in,
As above.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Nine Partners, N.Y. & Granville, Mass.
Date of application for pension, May 4, 1818.
Residence at date of application, Clifford, Pa.
Age at date of application, Sixty-four years.
Remarks: He died September 29, 1824.
Very respectfully,
Miss Linda M. Doud,
723 N. Nevada Ave.,
Commissioner.
1904blm
Colorado Springs, Colo.

State of Wisconsin Waukesha County
Personally appeared before me on the 19 th day of February A 1856 George Burnsides and Harvey S. Banta residents of said County being sworn, according to law, deposed & said "that they had been acquainted with Elihu Doud who signed the foregoing affidavit and that they believe him to be a man of good character for truth & veracity - that the statements set forth in that affidavit are true
George Burnsides Harvey S. Banta Sworn & subscribed before me this 19 th day of February A 1856
D. C. Blood County Judge

State of Wisconsin } Waukesha County } 8
I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Elisha Dane who signed the foregoing affidavit and believe him to be a person of truth and veracity and I am also personally acquainted with the witnesses who testified to the truth credibility of this deponent who signed the foregoing affidavit and know them to be persons of truth and veracity and am satisfied from the evidence I have before me that the statements by Elisha Dane in relation to the names and ages of the children of Isaac Dane are true and that Elmer Ketchum late Elmer Dane died on the thirtyth day of September eighteen hundred and thirtyeight
Dated this 19 th day of February A 1856 D. C. Blodgett Co. Judge

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County } ss
505
beet known that before me Elisha P. Farnum a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Isaac Doud and make oath in due form of law that he is the son of Isaac and Eleanor Doud and that the said Isaac Doud was a revolutionary pensioner and is now dead and was a resident of the county of Susquehanna and state of Pennsylvania at the time of receiving his certificate of pension No 12,204 and that from the information of his father and mother he was born the thirteenth day of February in the year of our Lord 1784 and that he was their second child and that from the information of his father and mother they were married in the year 1782 in the state of New York -
Sworn to and subscribed before me before me Elisha P. Farnum the 29 th day of January A.D. 1853
Isaac his mark Doud
Elisha P. Farnum Justice of the peace

State of Pennsylvania } ss Susquehanna County }
I Elisha P Farnam justice of the peace in and for the County above named do hereby certify that I have for many years been personally acquainted with Isaac David who signed the within affidavit and am satisfied that the statements made by him in the within affidavit is is true given under my hand the day and year above written
State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County ss
Elisha P. Farnam Justice of the peace
I J. A. Ward Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the within named Elisha P. Farnam Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit appears to have been subscribed and sworn to was at the time of subscribing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Monroe the third day of May A.D. 1853 J. A. Ward Prothonotary Wm. A. Crossman Deputy

State of Wisconsin } Winnebago County. }
before me Personally appeared Elisha Dana resident of the City of Oshkosh Winnebago county and state of Wisconsin being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is the son of Isaac Dana and Eleanor Ketchum late Eleanor Dana formerly the widow of Isaac Dana who was a revolutionary soldier and that this deponent saith that the family record of Isaac and Eleanor his wife was left in his possession from the decease of Isaac Dana in the year of 1824 til within about six or seven years past and was lost or unlawfully taken away and according to his best recollection of the record John Dana who is the oldest child of Isaac now living is somewhere between sixty eight and seventy years of age and moreover the next oldest is about sixty seven and Sally the next oldest is about sixty five and that Deborah the next is about sixty two and that Esther the next is about fifty nine and this deponent saith her age was fifty five the sixteenth day of may 1855 and that Elizabeth and Ebenezer who was twin children is about fifty three and that

Eliza Ketchum who was formerly the widow of Isaac and deceased died on the thirtyeth day of September Eighteen hundred and thirty eight in the town and county of Racine and state of Wisconsin and further that Deponent saith that and that the above named children is all that is now living. and further this Deponent saith not
Eliza Ketchum
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 19 th day of February A 1856
D. C. Blodgett County Judge Winnebago Co.

To the honorable } Oshkosh Winnebago County Wis L P Wheeler } February the 20 th 1856 Comr
Dear Sir:
Dear Sir I received of the 5 th ult stating that a cost of record must certify when she died and the names and ages of her children as to the names and ages of the children I have made an affidavit giving the names and ages as near as I can under existing circumstances I could not of course give the exact ages of any except my own as it would be impossible to get the exact ages of all without going to each individual which would be attended with considerable difficulty and expense as some are in Pennsylvania some in Illinois some in Wisconsin and one one in parts unknown as to the time when the widow died I supposed was well established unless it is required that the judge himself must authenticate the testimony in place of Clerk of the cost of the testimony of osmonde Parks accompanying my last letter together with my affidavit as it now stands will not do in consequence of its not having been certified by the judge in place of the

clerk please inform me and I will have Parker's testimony taken again as to the names of the children now living and the ages of the oldest son Isaac who is now dead you will find by the testimony of James Kelshead and Elisha P. of Garrison of Pennsylvania to corroborate with my affidavit I forward at this time  such  all all the proof I am able at this present time to make if this additional proof will be sufficient to establish the claim of Clara Ketchums who was formerly the widow of Isaac Dana to bring bring it under the act of the 9 th of July 1838 it will save me a great deal of trouble and expense I am very respectfully yours afft Servt
Elisha Dana
To the honorable Lt Waldo Commissioner of Pensions
Department of the interior Washington
DC

Know all men by these presents that we Isaac Doud Ebenezer Doud, Deborah Phillips - late Deborah Doud of Lehigh township, County of Luzerne and state of Pennsylvania Children of Eleanor Doud (Dece d ) widow and Children of Isaac Doud Dece d who was a revolution- ary pensioner of the United States whose name is inscribed on the pension list roll of the Pennsylvania agency N o N o 12. 204 - at eight dollars per month do constitute and appoint our Brother Elihu Doud of Winnebago County and state of Wisconsin our true and lawful attorney for us & in our names respectively to receive from any agent or accounting officer of the United States for paying pensions any equal share of the balance due Isaac Doud from the fourth day of September one thousand eight hundred and twenty four to the twenty ninth day of same month being the day of his death - also to receive our shares respectively of the amount due the widow of said pensioner by virtue of any of the several acts of assembly or of Congress that did or might embrace said or such widow and to take out letters letters of administration in his own name or to do and perform any thing that may be necessa- ry to obtain said pension the same as we or either of us might or could legally do were we personally present - without requiring of him securities for letters of administration on each or either of our parts - In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands & seals the twenty ninth day of January A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty three in presence of Henry Cook Elihu P. Farnam Isaac his mark Doud Seal Deborah her mark Phillips Seal Ebenezer his mark Doud Seal

State of Pennsylvania } Susquehanna County } ss
Be it known that on the twenty ninth day of January A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me Elisha P. Farnam a justice of the peace in and for Susquehanna County - the within named Isaac Doud, Deborah Phillips and Ebenezer Doud and severally acknowledged the within written indenture to be their several acts and deed and desired the same might be recorded as such according to law - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written.
Elisha P. Farnam Justice of the Peace
State of Pennsylvania } Susquehanna County } ss
I J. A. Ward Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the within named Elisha P. Farnam, before whom the annexed affidavit appears to have been subscribed and sworn to was at the time of subscribing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and affixed the seal of said Court at Montrose the third day of May A.D. 1853.
J. A. Ward Proth. By Wm. A. Cooperman Deputy

War Department, Official Business,
Cole Commissioner of Pensions
Eleanor Ketchum for and Isaac Bond
Wis - Oct 1838

Oshkosh Wis. March 20 th 1856
To the Hon. the Sec y at War
Dear Sir
I take the liberty to send for your inspection a Certificate forwarded to me from the office of the Interior, which appears to me at variance with the provisions of the act under which it was issued. I had supposed the "widow" entitled to five years pay. I also supposed that she was entitled to Ninety Six dollars per year instead of Eighty dollars, as specified in the certificate.
I had sent my letter of Administration of the widow's estate to the department of Interior for authority to draw the balance due the petitioner at his death. of over

which no notice has been taken
I would respectfully submit these matters to your considera- tion and beg your instructions in the premises
Truly Yours
Ebenezer Dorr

Respectfully referred to the Court of Pension to be Deb. March 28/56
Am

Oshkosh July 6 1858
To the Com ee of Pensions,
Sir,
Enclosed please find the application of the admin r of the Estate of the Estate of Eleanor Ketchum, (late Dond) for arrear due Isaac Dond & for pension to said Eleanor under the act of July 7 th 1855 together with the proofs to establish the same -
Yours respectfully
Ebenezer Dond
July 6 1858

Oklawaha July 6 1855
To the Com ee of Pensions,
Sir,
Enclosed please find the application of the admin tr of the Estate of the Estate of Eleanor Ketchum, (late Doud) for annuity due Isaac Doud & for pension to said Eleanor under the act of July 7 th 1838 together with the proofs to establish the same.
Yours respectfully
Elizur Ford

paid Jan 22 20 60 18 3/4 then March 9 1 15 3/4 " " 30 60 18 3/4
Ellen David Adair
Ellen F. Adair

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State of Missouri Brown County ss
Be it known that before me a person of the peace in and for the County of Brown duly authorized by law to administer oaths generally appeared Ruben Field of County of ... made oath in due form of law that he is acquainted with Mrs Esther Reuel of County aforesaid, & the person mentioned in the within affidavit who he believes to be a person of truth and veracity and that he believes the within statement made by her is true
Sworn to subscribed Ruben Field before me this 2nd day of July 1852 Thomas Public
James Pindall Justice of the Peace
State of Missouri Brown County ss
I James Pindall Magistrate in the County of Brown above named do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence that Estu Reuel who this day appears before me to take the oath of identity is the identical person she declares herself to be in the annexed affidavit and am also satisfied that the statement made by her in relation to them to and the person Certificate exhibited by her is true
Given under my hand at ... this day and year above written James Pindall
James Pindall Justice of the Peace

State of Wisconsin } ss Crawford County }
be it known that before James Birdall a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Esther Reene and made oath in due form of law that she is the daughter of Isaac Dane the identical person who was a pensioner and is now dead and to whom a certificate of pension was issued which is herewith surrendered and known by me of which the following is a copy:
War Department
Revolutionary Claim Certificate That in conformity with the law of the united States of the 18 th of March 1818 I have the honor to certify in the event of the revolution is inscribed on the pension list roll of the Pennsylvania agency at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the 4 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen given at the War office of the united States this 14 th day of July one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
and she further states the deceased pensioner resided in the county of Crawford in the state of Ohio for the space one year previous before his death and that previous thereto he resided in the county of Franklin Schuylkill in the state of Pennsylvania and the said Esther Reene also states that she emigrated

from Susquehannah Pennsylvania to the county of Crawford in the state of Ohio in the summer of 1820 and in the summer of one thousand eight hundred and twenty three the deceased pensioner emigrated to the county of Crawford in the state of Ohio and died on the twenty ninth day of September in the year one one thousand eight hundred and twenty four and left a widow who was his mother who resided in the county of Crawford in the state of Ohio til in the summer of 1838 then emigrated to the county of Racine in the state of Wisconsin and died on the 30 th day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight and that she was a widow on and before the 19 th day of July 1838 and was still a widow when she died and said Esther Reene further states herself was born on the 16 day of February in the year 1798 and that the deceased widow had eight children who were older than him- self and that the deceased widow had often assured him that his name was Edward Edward and that she was born the 26 th day of November in the 1762 and that she was twenty years of age when she was married to her father Isaac Davis in the and Esther Reene also states that she had emigrated from Ohio to the county of Racine in the state of Wisconsin in the year 1837 and that the deceased widow was living at his house when she died  came and there about the last of July 1838
Esther Reene
Sworn to and subscribed before me a justice of the Peace this 18 day of July 1852 James Birdsell

STATE OF WISCONSIN, } ss. COUNTY OF BROWN. }
I, EDWARD OUTHWAITE, Clerk of the County Court of said County, do hereby certify, that
James Burdall the person subscribing the annexed certificate of acknowledgement, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly Elected and qualified, and authorized to take acknowledgements of conveyances, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said James Burdall and verily believe that the signature to the said acknowledgement purporting to be his is genuine, and I further certify that the
said Court is a Court of Record, and that the annexed deed is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 28th day of July A. D. 185 2  E Outhwaite CLERK.
By Mr. Lundsly bpr. eor.
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To the Honorable } Oshkosh Winnebago County Wis L B Middle } January the 22 nd 1856 Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
I received yours of the 18 th of July 1855 informing me that my application of the children of Elanor Peterson formerly the widow of Isaac Davis who informed had been examined and filed under the act of July 7 th 1835 for and of Record proof of the marriage nor birth of the children exists the date of the event must be proved by witnesses who can show how they are able to fix the time I wrote immediately after receiving your letter to Pennsylvania to have the testimony of Eliah Farnums testimony taken over again and you know he was able to fix the time but unfortunately he was Decease before my letter reached there I then procured the best evidence I could come at by taking the affidavit of James Hostled and Eliza D Farnum you will see by Eliah Farnums affidavit which is now on file that they was never married in the 1782 you will see by James Hostled's testimony Elanor was the oldest child and Isaac was the next and some older than her self and that his age was seventy the first day of last last April showing that Isaac his second child to be born one year before Hostled it would be in 1785 and

which would be only 5 years from their marriage til the birth of their second child which would be a reasonable time for one birth between and would agree with Chas. Farnums testimony you will also see by Elisha P. Farnums testimony that it would be about the same you will see by Esther Reaves affidavit which is now on file if I mistake not that her mother the widow of Isaac Davis had often told her she was born in the year 1762 and that she was married when she was 20 years old which also agrees with Chas. Farnums testimony this is a rough I can come to it and hope your honor will consider it conclusive evidence the statement of Elisha P. Farnum and James Bolster as to the number of children now living is correct the death of the widow I have shown by Osmona Parkers affidavit I am very respectfully your Oft Servt Elisha Davis
To the honorable L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Department of the Interior Washington D.C.

know all men by these presents that we John Dora and Sarah Masson late Sarah Dora of the county of Susquehannah and State of Pennsylvania Children of Ebenezer Dora deceased widow of Isaac Dora deceased who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States whose name is inscribed on the pension list role of the Pennsylvania agency No 12,204 at eight dollars per month do constitute and appoint my brother Elihu Dora of Winnebago County and State of Wisconsin to be my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive from any agent or accounting officer of the United States for paying pensions my equal share of the balance due Isaac Dora deceased from the fourth day of September one thousand eight hundred and twentyfour to the twentyninth day of the same month being the day of his death also to receive my share of the amount due the widow of said pensioner by virtue of any of the several acts of Congress that said acts embrace such widow and to take out letters of administration in his own name or to do and perform anything that may be necessary to obtain said pension without being required to give bail as an administrator on my part witness our hands and seals this twelfth day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty three Sealed and delivered in presents of
Ernest W. Masson Hazard Powers
John Dora (L) her Sarah Masson Mark

State of Pennsylvania } County of Susquehanna } ss
Be it known that before me Hazard Powers a justice of the peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared John David and Sarah Mason Late Sarah David the above named and acknowledged before the foregoing power of attorney to be their act and deed in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above mentioned Hazard Powers justice of the peace
State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County ss
I H. A. Ward Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the above named Hazard Powers Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit appears to have been subscribed and sworn to was at the time of subscribing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that the signature thereto supposed to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Montrose the 3 rd day of May A.D. 1853 H. A. Ward Prothonotary per Wm. H. Thompson Deputy
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McLean + Roads Nov 12
Louis Cope Secretary of War Washington City D.C.

McEwens & Roads Richland County Ohio November 12 th 1835
Sir
Isaac Dand
My father, a Soldier in the Revolutionary War was placed on the pension list number 12,204.
The last full payment of his pension was on the 4 th of March 1824 - he died on the 29 th of September 1824 - are the heirs entitled to the pension money from March 4 th to Sept r 29 th 1824 - if so, what measures are to be taken to obtain the money - The widow of Isaac Dand is now Maria, does the money belong to her or the heirs - " " " " " "
Was Isaac Dand entitled to land for his services - is so, is the land yet due him or his heirs, and how is it to be obtained -
When Isaac Dand was discharged from the Army he received a certificate for the amount of pay due him - in the absence of the certificate can the money be had.
The heirs of Isaac Dand are of opinion that it will be to their interest to know to what Regiment, company and State troops he belong- ed - request to be informed - an answer to the above will be thankfully received - Direct to McEwens & Roads, Richland county Ohio -
Hon. Lewis Cass
Respectfully & author. Elihu Dand
Pension Land after Deed Pension

D. 30. 11. 7
Elihu Dand ans d Nov. 21 st 1835
20 Nov. 1835,
3 rd Auditor's
Bounty Land Office
Isaac Dand Pension Office
14 July 19
Ans d by 3 rd Auditor, as to balance of pension, and balance of pay
Answered at Bounty Land Office as to the right to bounty land, and as to enlistment, service, line of the Army etc
Rec d Nov r 20. 1835
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State of Wisconsin, } 88. RACINE COUNTY, }
The State of Wisconsin, To
Clifton Doud
GREETING: Whereas, Clifton Doud late Clifton Doud  late of the city  city of Racine in the county of Racine and state of Wisconsin deceased, has lately died intestate, having whilst living and at the time of his death, goods, chattels, rights, credits or estates within this State, whereby the right and power of ordering and granting administration of all and singular, the goods, chattels, rights, credits, and estate of the said deceased, and also of auditing, allowing, and finally discharging the account thereof, do, in virtue of our statutes in such case made and provided, appertain unto our County Court, in and for the county of Racine.
Therefore, our said County Court has and by these presents, does, by our authority and in our name, ordain, constitute, and appoint you the said Clifton Doud
administrator of all and singular, the goods, chattels, rights, credits, and estate of the said deceased; and does, by these presents, grant unto you full power and authority to administer, and faithfully to dispose of, according to law, all and singular the goods, chattels, rights, credits, and estate which to the said deceased whilst living and at the time of his death, did belong; also, to ask, demand, collect, recover and receive all and singular, the debts, claims, demands, rights, and credits, which to the said deceased while living, and at the time of his death, did belong, and to pay the debts which the said deceased did owe or in which he in the law stood bound, so far as such goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate, will, under the order or decree of our said County Court, enable you to do. And you are hereby required to make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of the real estate, and all the goods, chattels, rights, and credits, which were of the said deceased at the time of his death, and which has or shall come to your possession or knowledge; to cause the estate and effects comprised in the inventory to be exhibited to and appraised by the persons lawfully appointed and sworn for that purpose; to make or cause to be made a separate and distinct inventory and appraisement of all the household furniture and other personal property which may be allowed to the widow of the said deceased, pursuant to the provisions of the statute in such case made and provided; to return the said inventories and appraisements under your hands and the hands of those by whom such appraisements shall be made, to our said County Court within three months from the date of these presents; and further, to render a just and true account of your administration in the premises, to our said County Court, within one year from the time when you shall receive these letters, unless otherwise ordered by our said Court; to render all such further accounts in the premises as shall be required by our said Court, and to observe, obey, and perform all such orders and decrees as shall be by our said Court lawfully made and entered in the premises.
In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of our said County Court, to be hereunto affixed.
Witness, WILLIAM E. WORDING, Esq., Judge of our said Court at Watertown in the city of Racine in our said County of Racine, the 11th day of
June A. D. 18 55 .
W. E. Wording  County Judge.

know all men by these presents that I Esther Reeve Esther Reeve of the Town of Lorance in the County of Brown and State of Wisconsin Daughter of Isaac Dorr who was a pensioner of the United States do hereby Revolutionary constitute and appoint Elisha Dorr my brother of the County of Winnebago and State of Wisconsin my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pensions in the City of Washington and District of Columbia or at the Treasury Department of the United States or the agent at Milwaukee in the State of Wisconsin the my share of the arrears of pension due or balance due from the forth day of September 1824 to the 29 th day of September 1824 being the day of his death also to receive my share of the annuity or pension which the widow of said pensioner or his heirs was or may be entitled to from the United States in consequence of the revolutionary services of said pensioner by virtue of any of the various acts of Congress that will or may increase such widow or his heirs Witness my hand and seal this 7 th day of July 1852 Sealed and delivered in presents of John Emery
Esther Reeve
Ms A 11

Brown County } ss State of Wisconsin }
Be it known that before me personally  appeared Esther Reene before me appeared Esther Reene before me a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid and known to me to be the person who executed the within power of attorney and acknowledged  that the within to be his free act and  that the purpose therein expressed given under my hand and seal this 7 th day of July 1852 John Emory  Justice of the Peace  Sealed and delivered  in presence of
STATE OF WISCONSIN, } ss. COUNTY OF BROWN. }
I, EDWARD OUTHWAITE, Clerk of the County Court of said County, do hereby certify, that John
Emory the person subscribing the annexed certificate of acknowl- edgement, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly Elected and qualified, and authorized to take ac- knowledgements of conveyances, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said  John Emory and verily believe that the signature to the said acknowledgement purporting to be his is genuine, and I further certify that the
said Court is a Court of Record, and that the annexed deed is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 28 th
day of July A. D. 185 2  E. Outhwaite CLERK.
By M c Swasly Deputy Clerk

Good Service
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in
Philadelphia at the Bank of the U. States.
Respectfully

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Isaac Daud late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Pennsylvania Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the 4 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 14 th day of July one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

Brief in the case of Oliver Ketchum, do  Second Winnebago County and State of Wisconsin.
act July 7. 1838.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a pensioner on the Pennsylvania Roll under the Acts of March 18, 1818 and May 1, 1820, at the rate of $96 per Annum, and died Sept. 29, 1824. She subsequently married Daniel Ketchum, who died Feb. 10, 1836. She died Sept. 30, 1838. Her marriage to Daniel dated prior to 1784 is established by competent proof. (If for increase.) The administration upon her estate has been appointed.
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Eliza Dearth, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Examining Clerk.
O. S. Nelson

State of Pennsylvania { ss }
Susquehanna County
on the eighteenth day of August AD 1865 Before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared James H. Holsted who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he became perso- nally acquainted with Isaac Doud & Eleanor his wife and their family rising of sixty years since the names of the children that I recollect the family to consist of at that time were named as follows Eleanor Isaac & John I recollect that Eleanor was the oldest of the children I recollect that Isaac was the next oldest of their children that he was some older than my self and that my age was seventy the first day of last April I have been acquainted with the family from the time above mentioned up to the time of their moving from their residence in Pennsylvania into the State of Ohio the names of their children following Those above given are as follows Marilda Sally Deborah Esther Eliza Ebenezer Betsey and Eunice

The family resided in Nicholson Township, Luzerne County and in Seneca Township, Susquehanna County in the state of Pennsylvania during my personal acquaintance with Merv Isaac Doud & Eleanor his wife moved with their minor children from the state of Pennsylvania into the state of Ohio about thirty two years since to the best of my recollection I recollect of hearing of the death of Isaac Doud the elder and that it took place a little over a year after he moved to the state of Ohio I have heard of the death of three of their children (namely) Eleanor, Isaac & Eunice during my acquaintance with them Isaac Doud & Eleanor his wife were always held in repute as husband & wife
Sworn and subscribed to the 18th day of August A.D. 1855 Before me
Elisha P. Farnan Justice of the Peace
James H. Holcomb

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County ss.
I, Sidney B. Wells Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby Certify that Elisha P. Farnam Esquire whose genuine signature is set to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the Peace duly Commissioned and qualified to take such affidavit, according to Law. Further that his official acts are entitled to full confidence and Credit.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my Hand and the seal of said Court at Montrose this 23 rd day of August A.D. 1855.
Sidney B. Wells Prothonotary for J. T. Langdon Deputy

State of Wisconsin Winnebago County ss
Ostroon Pasho, a resident of the town of Matoma, County of Fond du Lac, State of Wisconsin, being by me duly sworn, on his Oath deposes and says, that he became acquaint- ed with Eleonor Ketchum, then the wife of Daniel Ketchum, and formerly the widow of Isaac Doud deceased, in Brownfield County, State of Ohio, in the spring of the year of our Lord 1831; that he, the deponent, in the spring of A.D 1836 removed to the County of Racine in the State of Wisconsin, that sometime in the summer of A.D 1838 the said Eleonor Ketchum also removed to the County of Racine aforesaid; and for some time stopped at the house of this deponent; and was taken sick at the house of Esther Reeve, living in the same neighbor- hood, was then and there doctor'd by the father of this deponent, a practising physician, and died on or about the last of September A.D 1838. at the house of said Esther Reeve in the County of Racine and State of Wisconsin aforesaid, and further deponent says not.
Subscribed & sworn to
Before me this 21 st day of
January A.D. 1856,
Charles A. Washburn
Clerk of the Circuit Court,
Conrad Paske
State of Wisconsin Winnebago County ss 3
I. Skarhults d. Westbrod

January A.D. 1856, Charles A. Westbrooks Clerk of the Circuit Court,
State of Wisconsin Winnebago County, ss
T. Charles A. Westbrooks
Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for the County of Winnebago aforesaid, hereby certify, that I am personally acquainted with Osmond Park, the person, who signed the foregoing affi- davit and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court this 21 st day of January A.D. 1856.
Charles A. Westbrooks Clerk of the Circuit Court

793 N. Nevada Ave., Colorado Springs, Colo., April 8/95.
Wm. Lohr, Com'r. Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I wish to express my gratitude and thanks for the very definite and satisfactory account of the services of Isaac Doud (my grandfather) in the Rev- olutionary War, which enables me to establish my claims as a member

of the society of the Daughters of the Revolu- tion.
Sincerely & gratefully,
Linda M. Doud,

M M M
P.
723 N. Nevada Ave. Colorado Springs, Colo., Feb. 16/95
Pension Dept. Officers, Washington, D. C.
2 ?
Gentlemen—
I am desirous of joining the Daughters of the Revolution , and write you to ask if you can supply me with the necessary data concerning my grandfather, who served in the Revolutionary army. His name, Isaac Dowd. He lived in Duquesne Co. Penn. Died in Crawford Co. Ohio. My father, to whom the last of grandfather's pension was paid, was named Elisha Dowd—the spelling of the name having been changed by army records. My father, at the

time the pension was paid, was living in Oshkosh Wis. sometime during the fifties.
Any information that will help me as evidentials to the Daughters of the Revolution will be gratefully received.
Is there a fee required for the information asked, and what will it be?
Enclosed please find stamp for reply, and oblige,
Yours truly,
(Miss) Linda M. Doud.

Wisconsin Agency Eleanor Ketchum, co James M. Davis of Isaac Dund, who was a private Miss Kirt
See Oct July 7, 1838. $80 per Annum
Co March 4, 1836 In Sept 30, 1838, etc She also
To Eliza Dund, Ad, wife of John Dund, Matilda Dund, Sally Dund, Deborah, Mother, Eliza, Elizabeth and Elenor, and any other surviving children of said Eleanor Ketchum whether by her first or second hus- band.
To Eliza Dund, Oshkosh Minneapolis & New York 3

March 26/88 Mich. Dist. Ct. Miss Linda M. Dond, 723 N. Nevada Ave. Colorado Spr. Colo. W. Et.
R  WIDOW, &c.
No. 26.171
Eleanor Ketchum formerly Widow of Isaac Dond Priv. Rev. War
Act July 9 th 1938
Box: Vol. A , Page 388
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Pennsylvania } Susquehanna County ss. }
Be it known that on the eleventh day of January A.D. 1853 Before me Elisha P. Farnam a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Susquehanna and in the state of Pennsylvania duly authorized by law to
administer oaths - Personally appeared - Elisha Farnam and made oath in due form of law - that he has been acquainted with Isaac Doud the identical person who was a revolutionary pensioner - he says his wives name was before their marriage Eleanor Osburn that to the best of his recollection they were married the year 1782 has got an impression from early report that they were married at Salem New York - has been well acquainted with their children - whose names were Ellin - Isaac, John, Marilda, Sally, Deborah, Betsey, Elisha, Ebenezer, Elizabeth, & Eunice has seen them frequently from the year 1787 up to the year 1823 - that they were members of the same family - that he is acquainted with Isaac, John, Marilda, Deborah, Sally, Elisha and Ebenezer, that they are now residing in the county of Susquehanna, except Elisha, who is present as appears on the foregoing business -
Elisha Farnam
Sworn & subscribed the 11th day of January A.D. 1853
Before me
Elisha P. Farnam
Justice of the peace
Deponent further saith that two of the children namely Ellin & Eunice are reported to as being Dead -
Elisha Farnam

State of Pennsylvania } ss Susquehanna County } Before me, that before me Elisha
State of Pennsylvania } ss Susquehanna County } ss
I Elisha D. Farnum a justice of the peace in and for the county of Susquehanna do hereby certify that I have been acquainted personally from my youth with Elisha Farnum who signed the within affidavit and am satisfied that the statements made by him in the within affidavit is true
Given under my hand the 11 th day of January A.D. 1853
State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County ss
Elisha D. Farnum Justice of the peace
I J. A. Ward Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the within named Elisha D. Farnum Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit appears to have been subscribed and sworn to, was at the time of subscribing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly Commissioned and qualified as such, and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fourteenth the 3 rd day of May A.D. 1853.
J. A. Ward Prothonotary R. A. H. ... Deputy